WILLIAMSON v. STATE

No. 1D02-4078.

859 So.2d 553 (2003)

Joel WILLIAMSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and G. Kay Witt, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Bryan Jordan, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We conclude that the defendant's convictions for both trafficking in cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to sell violate the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Consequently, we remand the case to the trial court with instructions to vacate one of these convictions.

The parties agree that a sentence for trafficking in cocaine and possession of the same cocaine with intent to sell would violate...

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